Blind cricketers get central contracts

LAHORE - The Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC) Monday awarded central contracts to 18 players in different categories for next six months. “As many as four players are in A category, similar number of players in B and ten in C category they will be receiving monthly stipend for six months time period starting from July to December this year,” said PBCC spokesman here. He said Zeeshan Abbasi, Haroon Khan, Anees Javed and M Jamil, who are in A category, will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 12000, while B category players namely Zafar Iqbal, Idrees Saleem, Nisar Ali and Tariq Samuel will get Rs 10000 per month. The C category players including M Ayaz, Israrul Hussain, M Akram, M Afzal, Fashiullah, Zahid Mhamood, Badar Munir, M Waqas, Zeeshan Gul and M Salman each will receive Rs 8000 per month.